Lord Rooker: For ease of reference the figures have been presented in the table below. It should be noted, however, that the department does not reject the recommendations made by the independent panel. The final decision as to whether the panel's recommendation is rejected or accepted rests with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development.
	
		
			 Calendar year Rejected by Panel Upheld/Approved by Panel Subsequently rejected by the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development 
			 2003 28 9 3 (i) 
			 2004 5 4 0 
			 2005 (ii) 69 61 18 (iii) 
			 2006 (up to 6 March) 6 0 0 
		
	
	(i) includes one case where the panel's recommendation was accepted in part.
	(ii) increase in number of appeals as a result of the single farm payment and in particular, the hardship provisions.
	(iii) includes four cases where the panel's recommendation was accepted in part.

Earl Attlee: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What is the rest and recuperation leave entitlement for members of the Army serving on six and nine-month deployments in operations such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan commencing on (a) 1 January 2005; (b) 1 June 2005; (c) 1 January 2006; (d) 1 June 2006; and (e) 1 January 2007.

Lord Drayson: Depending on the exigencies of service, the operational chain of command will authorise the time, location and duration of any period of rest and recuperation (R&R) basing their decisions on published guidelines. As at 1 January 2005, Army personnel serving in locations such as Iraq or Afghanistan may receive a maximum period of 14 days R&R for a six-month deployment and two periods of R&R, each of a maximum of 14 days, for a nine-month deployment. We keep these arrangements under review.

Lord Astor of Hever: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When the Royal Navy Sea King Mk 2 airborne early warning helicopters are likely to be decommissioned.

Lord Davies of Oldham: In the past 10 years, the total number of contaminated air incidents recorded on the Civil Aviation Authority database was 347. The number of these investigated by Air Accidents Investigation Branch was 23. This equates to approximately 7 per cent. of the total.

Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will oblige solicitors who double-charged miners and their widows in the British Coal compensation litigation to make repayment; and whether they will ensure that the Law Society takes disciplinary action against the solicitors involved; and
	How many solicitors have been referred by the Law Society to the Disciplinary Tribunal and been struck-off the roll of solicitors or had other disciplinary action taken against them for professional misconduct arising from double-charging and other unprofessional activities in the British Coal miners' litigation.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The White Paper The Future of Legal Services: Putting Consumers First [Cm 6679], which was published on 17 October 2005, set out proposals for reforming the way legal services are regulated and delivered. These include provision for the creation of a strong and independent oversight regulator, the legal services board (LSB).
	Day-to-day regulation will be left to front line regulators (for example, the Law Society and the Bar Council) if they satisfy the LSB that they have appropriate governance arrangements in place. A range of controls and sanctions will be available to the LSB if front-line regulators breach its regulatory standards.
	Part Two of the Compensation Bill (in the House of Lords) addresses the problems that consumers have experienced with claims handlers, and sets out a statutory framework for the regulation of claims management services. This will require claims management companies to abide by rules of conduct and a code of practice.

Baroness Hanham: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	When they intend to publish the finalised approved documents for Part F (Ventilation) and Part L (Conservation of Energy and Power) of the Building Regulations.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville: There is a range of estimates of the costs per unit of power from renewable technologies and nuclear generation.
	The 2003 Energy White Paper published the results of extensive modelling of the costs of different options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions over the period to 2050. The analysis is available at www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/phase2.pdf.
	There was also a Renewables Innovation Review in 2003 which produced modelling estimates of the costs of renewables generation technologies for the period to 2020. The analysis is available at www.dti.gov.uk/renewables/policy/oxeraresults.pdf.
	In November 2005 my right honourable friend the Prime Minister announced that there would be a review of energy policy which would report in summer 2006. This will involve further analysis of the costs of different options for meeting the Government's long-term targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, including electricity generation technologies.

Lord Rooker: The chief constable has advised me that details of the number of firearm certificates issued in 2004 are not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost to public funds. A total of 20,074 firearm certificates was issued between 7 February 2005 and December 2005.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: Entry clearance and family visitor appeals can be lodged either directly to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT), or with the relevant entry clearance post, in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005. If an application is lodged with the entry clearance post, it must be endorsed and forwarded to the AIT as soon as is reasonably practicable, and in any event within 10 days of receipt.
	The current timescales for hearing and deciding entry clearance appeals within the AIT must reflect the time provided in the tribunal's procedure rules for international transit of documents, in addition to the time the respondent has to prepare and file the appeal bundle with the tribunal. These timescales are set out in UK visas' diplomatic service procedures and have been agreed with the tribunal. In non-settlement and family visitor cases, 11 weeks are provided; in more complex settlement cases, the time allowed is 19 weeks.
	At the end of these periods, or if the respondent's bundle is received earlier, family visitor and non-settlement appeals are aimed to be listed within four weeks from the receipt of the appeal bundle with settlement cases listed within eight weeks from receipt.
	The AIT is currently working very closely with UK visas and the Home Office to introduce improvements to the entry clearance appeals process, aiming to reduce the overall time an appellant waits for their appeal to be heard by an average of seven weeks, mainly by removing the need for surplus document exchange to and from the embassy.

Lord Dykes: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will make representations to the Government of United States on the case for coalition heads of government attending military funerals in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Lord Drayson: Military funerals at public expense are conducted in accordance with Queen's Regulations, are unostentatious in character and the same for all ranks. The degree of ceremony at such a funeral is normally a matter for the next of kin in conjunction with the unit. It may range from the minimum of formality—for example, no more than the presence of a single representative of the deceased's unit—to full-scale military honours. Her Majesty's Government have no plans to make representations to the Government of the United States on the case for coalition heads of government to attend military funerals.

Lord Warner: The information requested is given in the following table.
	It was common for people to wait more than a year for this procedure in 1996–97. Now nobody waits more than six months and the average wait is eight to nine weeks.
	
		Number of people waiting for a coronary angiography procedure as at 31 January 2006
		
			  Number Waiting 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 934 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 690 
			 Q03 Essex HA 1,069 
			 Q04 North West London HA 748 
			 Q05 North Central London HA 444 
			 Q06 North East London HA 720 
			 Q07 South East London HA 484 
			 Q08 South West London HA 407 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA 541 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley HA 230 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 
			 Lincolnshire HA 771 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire HA 494 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 602 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester HA 928 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside HA 569 
			 Q16 Thames Valley HA 908 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight HA 831 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway HA 242 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex HA 1,223 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 821 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula HA 1,134 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset HA 477 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire HA 555 
			 Q24 Trent HA 430 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA 813 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 477 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country HA 850 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and 
			 Worcestershire HA 495  
			 Total 18,887

Lord Rooker: The noble Lord, Lord Carlile, the Independent Reviewer of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, is currently undertaking a review of the definition of terrorism. The noble Lord may wish to refer to Part 1, Section 1, of the Terrorism Act 2000—"Terrorism: Interpretation".

Lord Davies of Oldham: The Department for Transport (DfT) published a review of the 11 elements of the Road Haulage Modernisation Fund 24 March 2004. This established the effectiveness of the different projects and provided the evidence for an extension to some. A detailed report of the safe and fuel-efficient driving (SAFED) programme was published 9 November 2005 detailing its achievements.
	Each project had to demonstrate additionality at the outset. Companies participating in the freight best practice programme have achieved fuel savings of 6.2 per cent. against 1.6 per cent. by non-participating companies. All the reports are available on the DfT website.